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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masayuki Iwata, Wako, JP;

Yuuhei Mukai, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 61/02 (2006.01); B62K 11/00 (2006.01); F01N 13/08 (2010.01); F01N 13/00 (2010.01); F01N 13/18 (2010.01); F01N 13/20 (2010.01); F01N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/002 (2013.01); F01N 13/1805 (2013.01); F01N 13/20 (2013.01); F01N 1/083 (2013.01); F01N 1/084 (2013.01);
Abstract

A saddle-ride type vehicle that allows easy axle adjustment even if the exhaust system has such a structure wherein a muffler is close to an axle of a rear wheel. The exhaust system includes a tubular muffler connected to an exhaust pipe for discharging the exhaust of an engine. In the exhaust system, the muffler is disposed laterally to a rear wheel rotatably supported by swingarms via an axle. An end cap covering a muffler rear end portion of the muffler is detachably and attachably provided on the muffler rear end portion with the end cap being disposed on a vehicle outer side of the axle at such a position that the axle is invisible in a side view of the vehicle.


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